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, 1887-02-17

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
CHEYENNE, Laramie Co., Wyo. Ter.

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
CHEYENNE, Laramie Co., Wyo. Ter.
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1887.
The board met in at 900 O'Clock a. M.
this day pursuant to adjournment.
Present: II. b. Kelly, chairman;
Thos. Swan, commissioner.
The Cheyenne Il Northern Railway Co.
having on February 18th, 1887, presented
to the board an application in writing to
the effect that said company has complet-
ed seventy-fve miles of its road within
Laramie county, and is now running
trains thereon fully equipped to receive
and transport freight and passengers as
required by law, and requesting that the
bonds OF said county to the amount of
eighty thousand dollars be issued and
delivered to it for the last twenty-five
miles OF its said road. which said a%pplica-
ton is accompanied by the affidavit of the
superintendent of construction of said
railway that se%venty-five miles of said
railway has been constructed and is being
operated as required by law,
And the board having considered said
application and all the proofs presented
by said company. and being satisfied that
oaiu tonFhul Has III all res.
poets with the requirements of the law
authorizing the issuing OF said bonds, and
has fully completed and equipped seventy
five (T5) miles of railroad within this
county, and is now running trains thereon
fully equipped to receive and transport
freight and passengers;
On motion, it is ordered by the board
that the bonds of Laramie county to the
amount of eighty thousand 100000
dollars be issued to the Cheyenne K
Northern Railway company under the
provisions Of an act of the ninth %legisla.
tive assembly of Wyoming Territory,
entitled IAN act to authorize counties in
the territery of Wyoming to issue bonds
for the purpose OF aiding the construction
of railways; approved February 9th,
1886.
On motion. the board adjourned.
TERRITORY OF WYOMING,
COUNTY OF LARAMIE,
| do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true copy of the proceed
ings of the board of county commissioners
at a meeting held on the day therein
mentioned.
Witness my hand and official seal this
10th day of February, 1887.
[sE,L. JOHN X. JEFFREY,
County Clerk and Clork OF said Board.
, 1887-02-17
Cutting Ice at Night.

Ellis, Murray and Miller, the ice con
tractors who have been cutting a supply
Tor Denver, but who discontinued the
work Tuesday On account of the ice being
too soft. commenced cutting ice last night
and kept 1t up until daylight this morn
ing. This will not give the ice a chance
to get softened by the sun or warm air as
in the day time as before, and it is expec-
ted in this manner that they will be able
to ful6ll the contract before warm weather.
Numerous lanterns and a big bonfire fur
nish the light for the ice cutters to work
by. This, together with the glitter of the
ice and water presents a beautiful scene.
Most OF the ice haulers who struck the
other day have decided to go back to work
again.
, 1887-02-17

A young man of my acquaintance who
has always been considered an odd stick.
not because he lacks common sense. but
because he has Il strange habit of doing
things in his own way, told me that hay
ing gone lately to live in a suburban town..
and being unable to read in the cars with
out injury to his eyes, he had hit upon the
following expedient for passing the time
on his journey to and fro. lie sits apart
from his friends, apparently wrapped in
gloomy reflections, but really engaged in
connecting humorous paragraphs which
he sells. He has laid out his work quite
after the manner OF Anthony Troliope,
sternly requiring of himself one Joke for
every trip, and so well does he succeed
that he very rarely fails on n Saturday to
post twelve items Of merchantable quality.
IN Sunday of course he has "A holiday.
He told me also, an1 / am curious TO
know If the experience of other profess
sional humorists is the same, that the
business is o best in cloudy and stormy
weather. On a fine morning, he SAYS. his
attention is distracted and he sometimes
reaches Boston quite jokeless; whereas in
a driving now storm he often picks up
two and even three very fair paragraphs
during the journey, especially when the
train is a little late. A succession of fine
days last month nearly ruined him, but he
expects TO do very well in March and
April.-Boston Post.
, 1887-02-17
Personal POINTERS.
items Ut Interest Concerning Prominent
People.

l. Kabis il in Denver.
H. A. Bennett, of Buffalo, Wyo is in
the city.
W. A. Sheldon, of Omaha, is at the
Dyer hotel.
Chas. Burke. of Lander, Wyo, is at
the Inter Ocean.
+. Pickard, OF Grand Rapids, Mich.
is at the Metropolitan.
R. NJ. Miller, Of Evans, Col, is regis
tered at the Dyer hotel.
Geo. H. Truckey and family departed
yesterday for New York.
p. II. Glispy and family, of Dayton,
o., are at the Metropolitan.
Misses s. G. and NJ. G.. Hall, of Fort
Laramie, are at the Inter Ocean.
Superintendent Dickinson left fol
Omaha yesterday in his special car.
Joe. Matthews left yesterday for NORTH
Platte, where he will hereafter be sta.
toned.
Mr.. and Mrs. John London, of Fort
Laramie, came in from the North on last
evenings train.
o. F~innegan, one of our ex-aldermon,
and chief train dispatcher on S~uperinten'
dent Deuel's force, left for North Platte
on Yesterdays train.
, 1887-02-17
AN APPEAL TO LINCOLN.


After an Interview with Secretary STAN
ton-A Boy Sent Home.
Mr.. Lincoln was often appealed to, as
q sort of appellate court, to override the
rigorous judgments of his cabinet Off
GERS. l remember a case in point which
brought joy to the heart of a Connecticut
mother. Her son, who was perhaps a
little wild, had one day, returning from
school, been trapped by some New York
bounty agents, paid 5000, enlisted in a
New York regiment and hurried off to
the front without his parents knowledge.
His mother was almost distracted. His
father, then as now one of the first citi-
zens of Connecticut, had interviewed in
vain to get his release. A delegation
of prominent citizens of his town came to
Washington and appealed to the secretary
of war, but were met with a gruff refus-
al. Dixon and l were then solicited to
use our good offices with Mr.. Stanton.
We reluctantly consented, knowing that
when the great war secretary once locked
his jaws the case was generally hopeless.
We visited the wal office with somewhat
the feelings of men who were about to
beard a lion in his den. We found him,
as was his custom, standing bolt upright
at the corner of his desk, with a head
like a huge cannon ball, short massive
neck, square built frame and iron gray
beard flowing down over his bosom-a
man of iron-with eyes blazing full of
energy, will and determination. He
heard my appeal with iI-concealed impa-
tience and snorted out an instant and alb
solute refusal: He had heard the case
before and had decided it. The boy had
taken his money and enlisted. If he
should discharge all the minors whose
mothers wanted them home he would
soon not have a man to handle a
musket.
We were glad to get out of the lions
den without being bitten. Leaving the
war Office, we went to the White House,
resolving to appeal unto Caesar. Mr..
Lincoln heard the case with sympathetic
interest. No meritorious appeal was
ever made to that great, tender heart in
vain. He at once wrote on one of the
inevitable envelopes: Let young -,
of Connecticut, a minor, enlisted by
fraud in the - New York regiment,
be discharged. A. Lincoln"
We took this, not without an air of
triumph, back to Stanton to have the
necessary order issued. He glared at it
for an instant, crumpled it in his fist,
threw it on the floor and growled
through his set teeth. Il won't do it,"
| said; ''Shall We report that to the pres
ident as your reply, Mr.. Secretary"
Yes. said he, hristling like a grand
old Numidian lion, and you may add
that | will resign ny portfolio before l
will set such a precedent"
We returned to the president and re-
ported the scene and the words YER
batim.
Did he sal that after reading my or
ders' asked the president.
Yes replied, expecting an ex-
p%losion.
well, - said he, Il guess he would
do it. We must find some other way to
get this boy home to his mother;'' and.
taking Il piece of paper, he wrote: TO
rhc commanding officer at -: Dis
charge young -, of Connecticut, now
i'll the - New York, and send him to
Washington. \. Lincoln"
In a week the boy was in his mothers
arms at Bridgeport Augustus Brande-
gee in New York Tribune.
, 1887-02-17
CITY COUNCIL.
a Special Meeting Held by That Body
Last Evening,


The council met last evening for the
purpose Of considering the appropriation
ordinance introduced by Alderman Whit
comb. Mayor Riner presided, and there
were present Councilmen Murray, Hunt,
Hammond, Whitcomb, Griffin and Alt
man. The ordinance fixes the compensa-
ton of officers and concerns the collection
Of taxes and water rents, and the appro.
priation of amounts for the expenses of
the city. The following salaries were
fixed for the year 1887:
City treasurer, 81, 200.
City marshal. 81 800 and police fees.
City clerk and assessor, $3.50.
City sexton. $500.
City attorney, $3.50.
City surveyor or engineer, $1,000.
Engineer at pump house, $1,000.
Policemen, 1900 and police fees.
Chief Of fire department, $3.50.
Other appropriations were made ior
various purposes, especially $25, 900 ior
the extension, improvement and p%urifica.
ton OF the water system of the city. An
ordinance was also introduced relating ia
the call of taxes and water rents, and
providing for the city treasurer to collect
the same.
, 1887-02-17
WINTER NOTES.
Common Occurrences in and About
the City.
Matters of Minor Importance
Hastily Gathered.

Court will probably adjourn sine die
next Saturday.
A $4,000 house greeted Patti in Den
yer Tuesday night.
Dog owners are commencing to get 1887
licenses for their CANNES.
A party of Fort Laramie residents came
IN from the North yesterday.
A snowstcrm prevailed in Western
Wyoming and Utah last night.
The uniforms for the city police force
are expected to arrive on or about the LIST
of March.
The ITALIA Theater club will give per-
formances in Keefe's hall hereafter every
two weeks
The walters in the Dyer hotel were on a
strike yesterday. but Sachs says he made
them come to time.
Ice is being cut on the upper lake in
the night time now, so as to not give the
sun a chance to soften ii.
The city council held Il special session
last evening for the purpose of taking
action in regard to the appropriation ordi-
nance.
The district court has adj surned until
Saturday, Feb. 10, at 10 a. IN, when it is
expected that the business of the court
for the present term will be completed.
The funeral of j. II. Webb, who died
Tuesday morning, will take place to-mor-
row morning at II o'clock from over Cow
hick & Whitcomb's store. Friends of the
family are invited to attend.
The county commissioners held a meet.
ing yesterday and allowed the bonds to
the amount Of $50, 900 to the Cheyenne 4
Northern Railway company. The bonds
were sent to Omaha yesterday.
A note to the editor of THE LEADER
from u subscriber at Little Horse Greek,
conveys the sad intelligence that STRAW.
berry Blossom" died since Mr.. Rutledge
left the valley. West Wind killed her.
Poor thing!
The Cheyenne Maennerchor is making
grand preparations for the masquerade
ball at keefe's hall on Feb. 81. Secure
tickets in time. No tickets sold at the
door. Admission, gentlemen, 81; ladies,
SOC: spectators same price.
The prisoners in the county jail are
cleaning house, the cells are receiving a
new coat of whitewash, and two enterpris-
ing young men have painted their apart
ment a blush tint, and it looks quite coy.
Some of the others will renovate their
quarters, and soon the cage will pre-
sent a picturesque appearance.
, 1887-02-17
A CRAZE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Pictures OF Pretty Scenes and Prominent
Places In Great Demand.
Few persons have my idea of the size
70 which the manufacture Of pictures of
prominent places and pretty scenes in the
country has grown. The proprietor of u
large factory told a reporter recently that
his employees made from $50, 900 to 49,
y pictures a day. These pictures are
all made from negatives, and are printed
and mounted by girls. He said: 1--WE
take them on a very sensitive plate and,
as a rule, use a shutter that falls in about
l-4Oth OF a second. Very often in taking
street scenes we get an express wagon
and put the camera out at the back of it.
In TINS way we get some very good
scenes, and the pictures come out ss fine
as if made while we were stationary.
Sometimes we ave a horses head right
under the camera and very often we take
men and women in some very peculiar
positions. One picture l have Of Madi-
son square has a man in the act of blow
ing his nose. When we go through the
country we take a large trunk of plates
with us and take u picture whenever we
see a pretty one. We come back some
times with 200 plates ready to print from.
INV ~ thC iicot plCluItS we IaVc ever
taken Is of the Washington monument,
which Is, you know, $40 feet in height.
The picture is II by 90, and the plate
was taken in about the 1-1O0th part of a
second. Yet the lines at the apex are as
sharp as those at the base. We had to
stand about 1000 feet from the monu-
ment to get a good picture.
I'VE were at the yacht races and for
the big pictures used the same camera as
We used for the Washington monument.
We got some very fine pictures of the
yachts, although we spent about 5000 in
getting them. Sometimes we will be
printing on pictures all day long. At
the time of Gen. Grants death we had
two plates going and turned out thou
sands a day. To show you how fast we
can work, sometimes we receive an order
in h morning, make the plate, develop
it, print and mount and send 1000 pict-
ures in the evening. 1t is absurd for the
men who take your photograph in studios
to take 50 long about them. They try tc
make the public think that there is a lot
of intricate artistic work to be done"
"1s there anything new in instru-
mentsf''
Eyes, there is a shutter being made
that will close in the 1-5OOth part of a
second. Rather quick that. We made
all the Black Stocking nine pictures used
in cigarettes, and make large numbers OF
them. The girls we brought to a studio
and gave them the costumes. They are
paid 50 for a sitting. We have a new
idea now, and 1 think it will take well
that is, bicycle riders. We brought som
girls here, fitted them out as bicycl,
riders and nave taken their pictures in ,
variety of positions, such as taking
headers, mounting and dismounting." -
New York Mail and Express.
, 1887-02-17

Among the farmers insect friends, the
bees make themselves useful, and, as
some think, indispensable, as seedmakers,
by carrying pollen on their legs from
plant to plant. Darwin made some ex-
periments in regard to fertilization of
flowers by insect agency, one of which l
will transcribe. He selected 100 heads
of red clover which he excluded from the
visits of insects, but gave them the other
requisites of reproduction-viz., sunlight
and moisture. He also selected 100 heads
and left them free to the visits of insects,
with The following results: The hundred
heads that the insects did not get to failed
TO produce a single seed, while those that
were visited by the insects produced
$1,000 seeds, thus showing that insects
are a great factor in the fertilization of
flowers. Chicago Times.
, 1887-02-17

Court convened at 10 o'clock yester.
day morning, Chief Justice VIM. L. Ma
ginnis presiding.
Griffith vs.. Griffith; continued for the
term.
Bates, Reed and Cooley VS.. Dickson,
continued for the term.
Parshall vs.. Collins; case tried by the
court, argued and submitted; judgment
rendered in favor of the defendant.
Robt. Sheehan was admitted as a citi-
zen Of the United States.
George G. Masten ct al. VS.. Union Mer
camille company ct al; injunction denied.
Culver & Arnold VS.. Graham; case ar
gued and submitted.
Court then adjourned until Saturday,
Feb. 10, at 10 o'clock a. M, when it is
expected hat the business of the court
for this term will be finished.
, 1887-02-17

The largest library in the world is the
Bibliotheque National, in Paris, which
contains . 1000, 900 volumes, and is won
derfully rich in manuscripts. The next
largest is that of the British museum.
with 100, 900 volumes, and the third is
the Imperial, in st. Petersburg, with
LOO. 900 volumes. Other great libraries
are; Royal, Berlin, 200, 900; Royal, Ores
den, and Royal, Copenhagen, 500, 900
each; Royal, Munich, 45O. 900; Imperial,
Vienna, 400, 900; Congressional, Wash
ington, $50, 900, and University, Leipsic,
$3.50, 900. The Boston public library is
the next largest i'll America after
the Congressional, having, including
branches, 355, 900 volumes. The Yale
library has 100, 900; the Aston, New York,
1870. 900; the Mercantile, in Philadelphia,
l35. 900; the Philadelphia library, 105. 900,
and the National, of Mexico, 100, 900.
The famous Bodleian library, oxford uni
versity, England, has $50, 900 Volumes
Public Opinion.
, 1887-02-17

A pet deer in my fathers family
always refused to eat food that had been
tasted or bitten by a human being. l
have often taken a piece of vegetable, for
which the deer has previously shown n
Partially, and having driven my teeth
into it, waited to observe the effect. The
animal would approach, smell, and walk
away in disgust. This "reminiscences OF
boyhood has set me thinking, and l have
now arrived at the conclusion that the
ordinary food of man in our so-called
higher civilization, for health's sake,
might be advantageously modelled so as
to more nearly harmonic with the food
of the most beautiful and ~ieetest Of the
vegetable eating animals. L. II. Kersey.
, 1887-02-17

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup company, San Francisco, Cal,
is natures own true laxative. This pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy may be
had of w. N. Hunt. Large bottles at
so cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant, prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispcl headaches, colds and
%fevers; to cure constipation, Indigestion
and kindred ills.
, 1887-02-17
a FANCY.

The dim religions OF the east. ~
Building their misty fabrics teach
That out OF far eternities III
We come again to human speech Z.
For penance, and to suffer mora Esi
Than earth condemned US to before n
We left It's sad and lovely shore.
All. then. how guileless were the days
In that old life we used to live,
IL depths Of tranquil happiness
Are all the penance earth can give 81,
In this new life, where year by year :
We want no other heaven, dear.
Than heaven that Is about us herel
Harriet Prescott Spoford In Harper's Bazaar.
, 1887-02-17
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Posr OrrIcE DEPARTMENT.

bNI Offltt bEfAhlMfNi
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Jan. "a. 1887.
PROPOSALS will be received at the
Contract Office OF this Department
until 4 p. m. of April 2. 1887, for carry
ing tie mails Of the United States upon
the routes and according to the schedule
OF arrival and departure specified by the
Department, in the Territory of Wyo-
ming, from July /. 1887, to June 30,
1890.
Lists of routes, with schedules of arri-
walls and departures, instructions to bid
ders. with forms for contracts and bonds,
and all other necessary information, will
be furnished upon application to the
81 Pearse q ,~postmaster General.
FKRRIs MOVES LAS,
g Fifteenth street. 'ral.
, 1887-02-17

A peculiar natural substance has been
found in Georgia. yellow material,
very much like beeswax, which, when
shaved off with a knife, rolls up like that
article. 1t is a kind of rock, and, while
there is nothing about it that burns, it
becomes as hard as flint when heated
New York Sun.
, 1887-02-17

Though the state of Greece did not
support schools, yet daily school going
was quite general; the boys alone went to
school, however. The whole education
of a Greek youth was divided into three
parts, grammar, music and gymnastics.
, 1887-02-17

An a%ppreciative public have rewarded
Lees. Hendricks & Co., Chicago. manu-
tacturers of Select Corned Beef Hash,
with a large patronage. They sell an
honest article and charge an honest price.
See advertisement in another column.
, 1887-02-17

The Pacific hotel dining hall is now
ready to accommodate as many day board
ers as may favor us with their patronage.
The table will not be excelled by any in
the city. F. r. LAsHER,
Manager.
, 1887-02-17
ORDER

The Fox coal, which is by actual test far the
best Colorado soft coal in the market A
trial of this coal will convince anyone that
this is the fact. Sold in large or small
quantities and delivered to any part of
the city at A. G. McGREGoR's.
, 1887-02-17
Proposals for Publishing the Revised
Atututes OF wyoming.

Proposals will be received at the Office
Of the revision and compilation commits
sion, Room 6. Delaware block, Cheyenne,
Wyoming, until March Is, 1887, for the
printing and binding of the Revised
Statutes of Wyoming, as provided in an
act of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of
the territory, entitled an Act to adopt
and establish the Revised Statutes of
Wyoming, and providing for the editing
and publishing of the same" approved
March 10, 1886. The specifications, re-
quirements and restrictions relating to said
work may he obtained on application to
Frederic S. Hebard, clerk of the commits
sion.
The commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
j. W. BLAKE.
WILLIS VAN DEvANTER.
ISAAC p. CALDWELL,
Commissioners.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. ., 1887.
, 1887-02-17

An official connected with the sanitary
department OF Paris says that there are
fully 2. 500, 900 rats IN that city.
, 1887-02-17
Typhoid. scarlet. aud Yellow F~yers
Measles. DIphtheria. smallpox.
Cholera, Etr.

Darbys P~rophylatic Fluid will destroy
the infection Of all ievers and all contagi-
Gus and infectious diseases. viii keep
atmosphere Of any sick room pure and
wholesome, absorbing and destroying I'M
healthy %efiuyia and c%ontagion resulting
thcrefrom. viii neutralige any bad smell
whatever. not by Disgusting it, but by des-
troying it.
Use Darbys Prophvlatic Fluid in every
sick room.
, 1887-02-17

Archdeacon Farrar says hat ''in India
the English have made 100 drunkards
for one Christian"
, 1887-02-17

All watches changed to twenty-f four
hour dials by Zehner, Jackson & Buech-
ner.
, 1887-02-17

WANTED-A live, energetic man to re-
present us. 81 per month and expenses.
Goods staple; everyone buys; outfit and
particulars free.
Standard Silverware Co. Boston.
, 1887-02-17
NEW LOCAL NOTICES.

.MasqMerade Costumes at
Mrs. Prof. RObimsOm's, 421
North Sfrfeenfh street. The
finest assortment aUiH ar
rice here on Saturday, the
10Th inst AMI.
, 1887-02-17

Six rooms, east part of the city. Sell
with or without furniture. One-third
cash, balance two and three years. Price,
So, 500. Y. BAKER.
, 1887-02-17

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hiqseurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-02-17
WANTS.

WANTED-A girl to do general house
work in a small family. Apply to Mrs.
r. f. Glover, Seventeenth street.
, 1887-02-17
CHEYENNE,

Represents some OF the best ard most
reliable companies IN the country.
Steamship tickets 10 and from foreign
ports
, 1887-02-17
Ac\Sov,S Blood Elixir Is the only

7TOOU TFCHHuuJ BHHTHIT-
iced. 1t is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup.
lions or Syphilitic Poisoning. It purifes the
whole system. and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee II.
Pearse Il McGill, Druggists.
, 1887-02-17

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEHNKR. JACKSON Il BUpCHNKR's.